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Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) has urged hikers to exercise extreme caution on Lion’s Head after a fatal fall and several medical emergencies were reported on the trail last week, as foot traffic increases during the festive season.
HIKERS

Safety tips for hikers following fatal and medical incidents on Lion’s Head

Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) has urged hikers to exercise extreme caution on Lion’s Head after a fatal fall and several medical emergencies were reported on the trail last…

  • Staff Reporter
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The top three trauma cases at emergency facilities were stabbings, blunt assaults and motor-vehicle related injuries. File picture.
EMERGENCY CARE

Stabbing wounds top trauma incidents for New Year’s weekend

During the New Year’s weekend, which saw fewer medical emergencies than the Christmas long weekend, more than 920 stabbing incidents were reported. At the Christmas long weekend,…

  • Sibulele Kasa
2 min read
From midnight on FridayDecember 23 to 10am on Wednesday December 28, 4 799 trauma cases were recorded at 41 emergency centres (ECs) across the province.
EMERGENCY CARE

Emergency services responds to more than 10 000 incidents over long weekend

Emergency medical services (EMS) responded to more than 10 000 cases - about a third of them life-threatening - over the long weekend in the Western Cape. These incidents ranged…

  • Sibulele Kasa
2 min read